Part 2: Simulcasting to DLive and Twitch (without Restream.io)

This is a follow up to our piece How to Stream to DLive + 5 Other Services Simultaneously - Part 1, which I concluded with a promise to delve to further into the technical details.

This tutorial does assume some familiarity with stuff like web servers and text editors and should be considered somewhat of an advanced guide. I'm working on simplifying the process and hope to produce an application to make it easy enough for anyone to use, so check back frequently!

Prep

If necessary, install Docker. Then clone the nginx-rtmp git repository:

git clone https://github.com/tiangolo/nginx-rtmp-docker.git

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Config

cd to the directory you just cloned and open nginx.conf for editing and enter your DLive and Twitch RTMP endpoints in the config:

cd nginx-rtmp-docker
vi nginx.conf

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rtmp {
     server {
       listen 1935;
       application live {
         live on;

          push rtmp://stream.dlive.io/live?key=yourkey/yourchannel;
          push rtmp://twitch.tv/app/key;
         }
      }
  }

events {
    worker_connections        1024;
}

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Start the server

Run the following command to start your local RTMP server, which will be used to forward the stream to DLive and Twitch simultaneously.

docker build -t nginx-rtmp . && docker run -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 --rm nginx-rtmp

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Start the stream

In OBS, select Settings -> Stream -> Custom Server. Then enter the address to your nginx-rtmp server:

rtmp://0.0.0.0:1935/live

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OBS will send the stream to the nginx-rtmp server you just created at address rtmp://0.0.0.0:1935/live, which will forward the stream both DLive and Twitch.

Hope this is helpful for anyone wishing to restream to DLive without paying for Restream's custom server option. Please leave any questions or feedback in the comments!

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Further reading

• Live Streaming to YouTube with Hangouts in 4 Easy Steps — Steemit

• Multi-Stream on Twitch and DLive! — Steemit

• Restreaming DLive and Twitch - surprisingly simple! — Steemit

• MIXER: Zero to Live Streaming in 2 Minutes? Quick Review — Steemit

• Quick and dirty review of YouTube alternatives — Steemit

• Multistreaming to 6 Different Video Platforms? — Steemit

• Part 1 - How to Stream to DLive + 5 Other Services Simultaneously: Introduction — Steemit